NFL Draft by the numbers: Alabama streaks into first round

SEC Football by the Numbers is looking at the 2018 NFL Draft in four parts. Today's initial installment examines the first round. On Tuesday, it'll be a breakdown by positions. On Wednesday, NFL teams will be the focus. And on Thursday, some stats and streaks about the conference and the draft lead into this year's first round of picks that night.

2 SEC players have been picked in the first round by the Panthers, the fewest SEC first-rounders for current NFL teams. The Panthers selected Auburn QB Cam Newton with the first pick of the 2011 draft and Georgia LB Thomas Davis with the 14^th pick of the 2005 draft.

2 NFL teams have used a first-round pick on an SEC player in each of the past two drafts. The Dolphins selected Ole Miss OT Laremy Tunsil at No. 13 in 2016 and Missouri OLB Charles Harris at No. 22 in 2017. The Buccaneers selected Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves at No. 11 in 2016 and Alabama TE O.J. Howard at No. 19 in 2017. Ten other NFL teams drafted an NFL player in the first round last year, but they didn't pick one in the 2016 draft.

2 Times in the past five years the first SEC player picked in the NFL Draft has come from Texas A&M after the Browns took Aggies DE Myles Garrett with 2017's No. 1 pick. While Texas A&M has been an SEC member for five drafts and Arkansas and South Carolina have been for 25, the Aggies have had the SEC's first pick as many times as the Razorbacks and Gamecocks combined. Here's a list of the first SEC player selected in each draft, arranged by school:

Alabama: 12 (RB Trent Richardson in 2012, OT Chris Samuels in 2000, LB Keith McCants in 1990, LB Derrick Thomas in 1989, LB Cornelius Bennett in 1987, LB E.J. Junior in 1981, LB Barry Krauss in 1979, QB Richard Todd in 1976, RB Wilbur Jackson in 1974, QB Harry Gilmer in 1948, B Joe Kilgrow in 1938 and B Riley Smith in 1936)
Arkansas: 1 (RB Darren McFadden in 2008)
Auburn: 6 (QB Cam Newton in 2011, RB Ronnie Brown in 2005, OT Willie Anderson in 1996, LB Aundray Bruce in 1988, RB Bo Jackson in 1986 and RB Tucker Frederickson in 1965)
Florida: 9 (OLB Dante Fowler in 2015, DT Gerald Warren in 2001, WR Ike Hilliard in 1997, DE Kevin Carter in 1995, OT Lomas Brown in 1985, DB Steve Tannen in 1970, RB Larry Smith in 1969, QB Steve Spurrier in 1967 and RB Chuck Hunsinger in 1950)
Georgia: 8 (OLB Leonard Floyd in 2016, QB Matthew Stafford in 2009, RB Garrison Hearst in 1993, G Royce Smith in 1972, E Harry Babcock in 1953, QB Johnny Rauch in 1949, B Charley Trippi in 1945 and RB Frank Sinkwich in 1943)
Kentucky: 6 (DT Dewayne Robertson in 2003, QB Tim Couch in 1999, DE Art Still in 1978, OT Warren Bryant in 1977, T Lou Michaels in 1958 and E Steve Meilinger in 1954)
LSU: 10 (QB JaMarcus Russell in 2007, QB Bert Jones in 1973, B Jerry Stovall in 1963, B Wendell Harris in 1962, RB Billy Cannon in 1960, DT Earl Leggett in 1957, QB Y.A. Tittle in 1951, B Red Knight in 1947, RB Steve Van Buren in 1944 and E Gaynell Tinsley in 1937)
Missouri: 0
Mississippi State: 5 (RB Michael Haddix in 1983, LB Johnie Cooks in 1982, DT Jimmy Webb in 1975, B Billy Stacy in 1959 and B Art Davis in 1956)
Ole Miss: 5 (QB Eli Manning in 2004, QB Archie Manning in 1971, OT Stan Hindman in 1966, B Merle Hapes in 1942 and B Parker Hall in 1939)
South Carolina: 1 (DE Jadeveon Clowney in 2014)
Tennessee: 11 (S Eric Berry in 2010, DT John Henderson in 2002, QB Peyton Manning in 1998, QB Heath Shuler in 1994, DB Dale Carter in 1992, OT Charles McRae in 1991, CB Roland James in 1980, C Bob Johnson in 1968, OT Dick Evey in 1964, T Abe Shires in 1941 and B George Cafego in 1940)
Texas A&M: 2 (DE Myles Garrett in 2017 and OT Luke Joeckel in 2013)
Vanderbilt: 3 (QB Jay Cutler in 2006, DB Leonard Coleman in 1984 and QB Billy Wade in 1952)

Former SEC member Tulane provided the conference's top pick in 1961 (RB Tommy Mason) and 1946 (B Dub Jones), and Georgia Tech did so in 1955 (C Larry Morris).

5 Consecutive drafts have featured an SEC player as the No. 23 pick, with Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram extending the streak in 2017 when he was picked by the New York Giants. In 2016, the Vikings selected Ole Miss wide receiver Laquon Treadwell with the 23^rd choice. In 2015, the Broncos took Missouri DE Shane Ray with the 23^rd choice. In 2014, the Chiefs picked Auburn DE Dee Ford with 23rd choice. In 2013, the Vikings drafted Florida DT Sharrif Floyd with the 23^rd choice. The Patriots hold the 23^rd pick this year.

5 SEC teams have had four players picked in a single first round, including Alabama in 2017. The Crimson Tide's first-round selections last year were Marlon Humphrey at No. 16 by the Ravens, Jonathan Allen at No. 17 by the Redskins, O.J. Howard at No. 19 by the Buccaneers and Reuben Foster at No. 31 by the 49ers. The other SEC schools with four first-round selections in one draft have been Auburn in 2005, LSU in 2007, Alabama in 2011 and Alabama in 2012. The record for first-round picks from one SEC team in one draft was established by Auburn in 2005, when Ronnie Brown, Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, Carlos Rogers and Jason Campbell went in the opening round. LSU matched that in 2007, when JaMarcus Russell, LaRon Landry, Dwayne Bowe and Craig Davis were selected in the first round. In 2011, Alabama's first-rounders were Marcell Dareus, Julio Jones, James Carpenter and Mark Ingram. The Crimson Tide duplicated that feat in 2012 with Trent Richardson, Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick and Dont'a Hightower. This year, Alabama is considered to have four strong first-round possibilities -- Rashaan Evans, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Da'Ron Payne and Calvin Ridley -- and another player considered a first-round long shot -- Ronnie Harrison.

6 NFL drafts have passed since the Saints or the Panthers used their first-round pick on an SEC player. Every other NFL team has selected at least one SEC player in the first round during the two teams' drought. The Panthers' most recent first-round pick from the SEC is Auburn QB Cam Newton, taken with the No. 1 choice in 2011. The Saints' most recent first-round pick from the SEC is Alabama RB Mark Ingram, taken with the No. 28 choice in 2011.

7 NFL drafts have passed since an SEC player has been selected with the eighth, 20^th or 26^th choice in the first round. In 2010, Alabama LB Rolando McClain was the eighth pick, Alabama CB Kareem Jackson was the 20^th pick and Tennessee DT Dan Williams was the 26^th pick. Every other of the 32 slots in the first round has been used on an SEC player since those picks were made in 2010.

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7 Consecutive NFL drafts have included at least one Texas A&M player in the first round - a school record. Texas A&M's first-round picks in the streak have been DE Myles Garrett in 2017, G Germain Ifedi in 2016, OT Cedric Ogbuehi in 2015, OT Jake Matthews, WR Mike Evans and QB Johnny Manziel in 2014; OT Luke Joeckel in 2013, QB Ryan Tannehill in 2012 and OLB Von Miller in 2011. (Neither Tannehill and Miller played in the SEC.) If the Texas A&M streak is to continue, it will be up to WR Christian Kirk to extend it on Thursday.

9 Consecutive first rounds have included at least one Alabama player, tied for the second-longest streak in draft history. The record for the most consecutive drafts providing a first-round selection is 14 by Miami (Fla.) from 1995 through 2008. Florida also owns a nine-year streak with first-round selections from 1983 through 1991. The Crimson Tide's first-round players during its streak have been OT Andre Smith in 2009, LB Rolando McClain and CB Kareem Jackson in 2010, DT Marcell Dareus, WR Julio Jones, OT James Carpenter and RB Mark Ingram in 2011; RB Trent Richardson, S Mark Barron, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and LB Dont'a Hightower in 2012; CB Dee Milliner, G Chance Warmack and OT D.J. Fluker in 2013; LB C.J. Mosley and S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix in 2014, WR Amari Cooper in 2015, C Ryan Kelly in 2016 and CB Marlon Humphrey, DE Jonathan Allen, TE O.J. Howard and LB Reuben Foster in 2017. Eighteen of the NFL's 32 teams have drafted an Alabama player in the first round during the streak, and the Bengals, Buccaneers, Raiders and Ravens have drafted two apiece.

9 Consecutive NFL drafts have passed without an Arkansas or Vanderbilt player selected in the first round, the longest active first-round droughts in the SEC. The most recent Razorbacks to come off the board in the first round are RB Darren McFadden, who went to the Raiders at No. 4, and RB Felix Jones, who went to the Cowboys at No. 22, in 2008. The most recent Commodore to be drafted in the first round is OT Chris Williams, who went to the Bears at No. 14 in 2008.

10 SEC players, including LSU CB Tre'Davious White last year, have been selected with the 38 first-round No. 27 picks in the history of the NFL Draft, the highest rate for the conference for any slot in the first round at 26.3 percent. While more SEC players have been drafted from 17 other first-round slots, led by 19 at No. 1, than from No. 27, those slots can't match the 27^th's rate of use. There have been 82 No. 1 picks in the NFL Draft, and 23.5 percent of them have been SEC players. The first-round slot used least on SEC players has been No. 28, where only two of the 38 first-round selections there - 5.1 percent - have been SEC players. In this year's draft, the Saints hold the 27^th pick and the Steelers hold the 28^th pick.

19 SEC players have been the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. SEC players who have been the No. 1 pick are Texas A&M DE Myles Garrett in 2017, South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney by the Texans in 2014, Auburn QB Cam Newton by the Panthers in 2011, Georgia QB Matthew Stafford by the Lions in 2009, LSU QB JaMarcus Russell by the Raiders in 2007, Ole Miss QB Eli Manning by the Chargers in 2004, Kentucky QB Tim Couch by the Browns in 1999, Tennessee QB Peyton Manning by the Colts in 1998, Auburn LB Aundray Bruce by the Falcons in 1988, Auburn RB Bo Jackson by the Buccaneers in 1986, Auburn RB Tucker Frederickson by the Giants in 1965, Tulane RB Tommy Mason by the Vikings in 1961, LSU RB Billy Cannon by the Rams in 1960, Georgia E Harry Babcock by the 49ers in 1953, Vanderbilt QB Billy Wade by the Rams in 1952, Alabama QB Harry Gilmer by the Redskins in 1948, Georgia B Charley Trippi by the Cardinals in 1945, Georgia RB Frank Sinkwich by the Lions in 1943 and Tennessee B George Cafego by the Cardinals in 1940.

20 SEC players have been picked in the first round by the Cardinals, the most SEC first-rounders for one NFL team. The Cardinals' first-round picks from the SEC started with Tennessee B George "Bad News" Cafego in 1940, when the franchise was in Chicago. The Cardinals, now in Arizona, most recently picked an SEC player in the first round in 2016, when they took Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche.

56 Players from Alabama have been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, the most in the SEC thanks to 22 first-rounders in the past nine years for the Crimson Tide. Florida has had 51 players selected in the first round, Tennessee 46, LSU 41, Georgia 31, Auburn 29, Ole Miss 22, Kentucky 14, Mississippi State 10, Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 8, Arkansas 7, Texas A&M 7 and Missouri 3. Former SEC members Georgia Tech and Tulane had three apiece, bringing the number of SEC players who went on to become first-round draft picks to 339. Including players picked before their SEC membership, Texas A&M has had 32 first-rounders, Arkansas 23, Missouri 18 and South Carolina 12.

This look at the SEC's draft numbers includes only players picked in the regular NFL draft -- no special supplemental, underclassman, non-NFL or separate dispersal drafts are included in the tabulations. For Arkansas and South Carolina, which joined the league in 1992, the numbers include players drafted since 1993, unless noted. For former member Georgia Tech, players drafted from 1936 to 1964 are included. For former member Tulane, it's through the 1966 draft. Missouri and Texas A&M have provided SEC players for only the past five drafts. Former SEC member Sewanee has had one player drafted -- RB William Johnson by the Falcons in 1966, long after the school left the conference following the 1940 season.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.

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